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Evolving localization patterns of company foundations : evidence from the German MST-industry
Scholl, Tobias; Brenner, Thomas; Wendel, Martin - 2012
We investigate company foundations in the German micro technology industry by means of a spatial-temporal micro-geographic analysis. In order to deal with our unusual detailed data, we develop a new distance-based framework for a logistic regression that is able to present results in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303829
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Evolving localization patterns of company foundations : evidence from the German MST-industry
Scholl, Tobias; Brenner, Thomas; Wendel, Martin - 2013
We investigate company foundations in the German micro technology industry by means of a spatial-temporal micro-geographic analysis. In order to deal with our unusual detailed data, we develop a new distance-based framework for a logistic regression that is able to present results in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011684931
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Agglomeration economies and firm TFP : different effects across industries
Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - 2019
has an impact, while this is irrelevant for the TFP of firms in high-tech industries. Only localization economies have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012307849
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Agglomeration economies and firm TFP : different effects across industries
Gornig, Martin; Schiersch, Alexander - 2019
has an impact, while this is irrelevant for the TFP of firms in high-tech industries. Only localization economies have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011973278
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The location choices of foreign investors : a districtlevel analysis in India
Mukim, Megha; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2010
This paper analyzes the determinants of the location choices made by foreign investors at the district level in India to gauge the relative importance of economic geography factors, local business conditions, and the presence of previous foreign investors. We employ a discrete-choice model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971872
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Inward foreign direct investment, superstar firms and wage inequality between firms : evidence from European regions
Durán, Juan David; Siedschlag, Iulia - 2023
Theoretical models and international evidence have established that foreign direct investment is associated with new technologies, productivity gains, higher wages, and wage inequality in the host countries. While most existing studies on foreign direct investment and wage inequality have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438671
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Agglomeration within and between Regions : Two Econometric Based Indicators
Di Giacinto, Valter; Pagnini, Marcello - 2008
We propose two indexes to measure the agglomeration forces acting within and between different regions. Unlike the existing measures of agglomeration, our model-based indexes allow for simultaneous treatment of both aspects. Local plant diffusion in a given industry is modelled as a spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216580
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A spatial interpretation of the persistency of China's provincial inequality
Yu, Xiaofan - 2011
China's rapid economic growth in recent decades has not led to balanced income distribution: inter- and intra … development, this paper investigates the nexus between the spatial dependence and income inequality in China on a prefectural … also the choropleth maps of clusters in China, this paper reaches the conclusion that clusters of prefectures and provinces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364875
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Testing for clustering of industries : evidence from micro geographic data
Scholl, Tobias; Brenner, Thomas - 2011
We present a new statistical method that describes the localization patterns of industries in a continuous space. The … method fulfils all five criteria for a spatial statistical test of localization proposed by Duranton and Overman (2005) and … improves them with respect to the significance of its results. Additionally, our test allows inference to the localization of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303835
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Spatial determinants of Japanese manufacturing firms in the Czech Republic
Kawai, Norifumi - 2006
This study casts light upon the locational distribution of industrial activites of Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Czech Republic at the regional level from 1999 through 2004. In our study, McFadden's conditional logit model is applied to trace the dynamic effects of a series...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010512671